by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 31, 2020 | Health News
“I think it will be a very effective vaccine. That’s my prediction,” said Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser of Operation Warp Speed. “My personal opinion based on my experience and the biology of this virus, I think this vaccine is going to be highly efficacious. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s in the 90% [range].” Slaoui, […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 31, 2020 | Health News
The companies had said in April they would work together to make a vaccine against Covid-19, using Sanofi’s flu vaccine technology and Glaxo’s adjuvant — a compound that boosts the power of a vaccine. Now they have a deal with the US government to...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 29, 2020 | Health News
With schools closed since March and April — as coronavirus cases soared to more than 4.3 million and deaths climbed to 149,256, according to data from Johns Hopkins University — a knowledge gap has persisted around how young children experience and spread...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 29, 2020 | Health News
The first four participants were dosed Monday at the University of Rochester Medical Center, a spokesman there said. The combined Phase 2/3 trial, which looks for safety, efficacy and optimal dosing of a vaccine or drug, will include up to 30,000 participants. It was...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 28, 2020 | Health News
That morning, Baker, a news anchor at CNN affiliate WTOC in Savannah, Georgia, became the first volunteer to receive an injection in the first Phase 3 clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine in the United States. The many lives lost and impacted by the coronavirus...
